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There is the barest possibility that Australians are becoming a
bit jaded with Desperate Housewives.

Its final episode on Monday night drew 2.29 million viewers in
the mainland capitals - a fabulous result for Channel Seven, but
200,000 fewer than the opening episode back in February.

That figure makes the Desperate Housewives finale the
39th most-watched program of the decade, just behind the Big
Brother final eviction of 2002 and just ahead of the opening
ceremony of the Athens Olympics in 2004.

The Housewives premiere, with 2.48 million viewers, was
the 23rd most-watched show of the decade, with the top spot
occupied by the final of this year's Australian Open tennis, which
drew 4.04 million in January.

Monday's Housewives finale helped Channel Seven win the
night with an audience share of 32.5 per cent to Nine's 25.7 per
cent, and delivered 1.41 million viewers to the program that
followed at 9.40 pm - the US medical drama Grey's Anatomy,
which moves into the Housewives slot next week.